Weather-strip



(No Model.)

H. H. FRANZBN.

WEATHER STRIP.

Patented June 28, 1898.v

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HARM IIINRIOHS FRANZEN, OF GOLDEN, ILLINOIS.

WEATHERWSTRIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters yPatent No. 606,382, dated J une 28, 1898.

To @ZZ whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, HARM IYIINmcHs FRAN- ZEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grolden7 in the county of Adams and State of Illinois, have invented ,a new and yuseful 'WeathenStriln of which the following is a specification. A

My invention relates to improvements in weather-strips for doors of that class wherein a spring-controlled plate is arranged to be carried by the door and to be depressed positively when the door is closed by contact with a fixed stop in order that'the hinged strip may form a tight joint with the sill or threshold for the purpose of thoroughly eX- cluding rain, snow, and wind.

rlhe object of the present invention is to provide an improved strip with a reversible spring so constructed and arranged that the spring may be changed in position to make the strip applicable to doors hung with either right or left hand hinges.

A further object of the"l invention is vto provide an improved -stop which serves to normally depress the hinged strip When the door is closed, but which may be reversed in order to lie .out of thef path of the hinged strip to prevent the latter from being frozen upon the sill or threshold by sleet and rain during the night or during dry weather.

A further object of the invention is to improve the weatliei'fstrip inl minor details,` so as to simplify its construction,v protect the hinges or pivots from the weather, and thus reduce to a minimum the liability of the hinges becoming rusty and ineiiicient, to pro-` mote the efficiency of the device, and to secure compactness in the arrangement of the parts to avoid havingthe weather-strip project to any objectionable extent beyond the door.

Vth these ends in view the invention consists in the novel combination of elements and in the construction and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed. Y

To enable others to understand my invention, I have illustrated the preferred embodiment thereof in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specilication, and in which I' Figure l is a perspective view of my imn Application filed September 21, 1897. Serial No. 652,440. (No model.)

` proved weather-strip and the reversible stop therefor applied to a door and its jamb. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view with the door in the closedposition, the dotted lines repre senting the adjustable stop reversed out ol' the path of the hinged member of the strip. Fig. 3 is a detail perspectiveview, on an enlarged scale, of 'the weather-strip detached from the doorrand showing it reversed. to exhibit its rear side. Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical transverse section through the sectional strip on the plane of the bent end ofthe pressure-spring to show the connection of the lat ter to the members of the sectional strip. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view through the strip on the plane of one of the other pivots or hinges thereof. Fig. 6 is a detail view of the reversible stop.

Like numerals of reference denote corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings, referring to whichl designates an ordinary door, 2 is the sill or threshold thereof, and-3 is the door-jamb, all of which may be of the usual or any preferred construction, because my improved Weather-strip is applicable universally to any and all kinds of doors.

The weather-strip consists, essentially, of

two members 5 6, hinged together to enable one memberjto have movement relatively to the other member, a pressure-spring 13 to raise the movable member of the strip'elear from contact withthe floor or the carpet when the door is opened, and a reversible stop 15, attached'to the door-jamb opposite to the hinged edge ofthe door and arranged to lie in the path of the edge of the movable member of the sectional Weather-strip.

The fixed member 5 of the weather-strip is adapted to be fastened in any suitable way to the face of the door at a suitable distance above the lower edge thereof. This fixed member 5 consists of a strip or lengthof sheet metal bent at an intermediate point of its width, so as to have its upper straight edge applied flat against the face of the door while the body of the strip stands ed from the door at a suitable angle, thereby forming a space between the oifstanding edge of the iiXed member and the door sufficient forV thefree play of the upper angular edge of the 1novable member 6 of the weather-strip.A This fixed :member 5 is furthermore doubled or folded upon itself to provide the flange 9, which extend s rearwardly from the offstanding angular portion of the fixed member 5 of said weather-strip.

The movable member 6 of the weatherstrip is also formed from a single length or strip of sheet metal, and said movable member isprovided at its upper edge with an offstanding angular flange lO and at its lower edge with the folded edge 11. The angular flange 10 is rounded or curved somewhat at the line where it joins with the body of the plate, and this flange is arranged to embrace the doubled or folded flange 9 of the fixed member 5. The pivot-pins 12 pass loosely through the folded flange 9, between the layers thereof, and through the flange 10, and the ends of these pivot-pins are headed or bent, as shown, to prevent them from becoming displaced. The pivot-pins th us serve to loosely connect the fixed and movable members of lthe weather-strip, and the member 6 is capable of a limited turning movement on the folded flange 9 to enable the said member G to be lifted sufficiently to clear the sill or threshold and the carpets of a room when the door is opened. The pivot-pins 12 are arranged near the ends of the strip,and the members of the latter are joined at their center by a pivot which is formed as an integral part of the lifting-spring 13. This liftingspring serves a twofold purpose-t'. e., as a means for lifting the movable member of the weather-strip and as the central pivotal connection between the two members of said strip, and the pivotal connection also provides the means for reversing the spring to enable the weather-strip to be used on doors hinged at either the right orleft hand edges. The spring consists of a stout piece of elastic wire, which is bent at an angle to the length of the spring to provide the pintle 13 at one end, while the other end is doubled to provide the short arm 13". The spring is applied to the rear side of the weather-strip, and its pintle 13n is passed loosely through openings provided in the bent edges 9 10 and between the foldsof the edge 9. The pintle 13n of the spring is thus arranged to serve as the central pivot for the sectional strip, and it enables the spring to be turned either to the right or left of the center of the strip for the purpose of reversing the spring. The major portion of the spring extends in a diagonal direction across the rear side of the movable member G of the strip, and the free end or arm 13b of said spring is fitted in the folded edge 11 of the movable member 6, whereby the free end of the spring is held or confined to always maintain itself in operative relation to the movable member of the strip. The tension of the spring is exerted to normally lift the movable member 6 to a raised position but the movable member is adapted to be depressed by engagement with a fixed stop 15, so as to move the movable member G to a position where its folded edge 11 will be in close engagement with the threshold or sill of the door.

The stop 15 is preferably a single casting in the form of a segment or quadrant. The segmental or arc shaped edge of the stop is flanged to provide a broad surface for the free edge of the movable strip member G to bear or ride against, and the stop is provided with a recess or open-ended slot 16 and with a transverse pivot-hole 17, through which may be passed a screw, as at 18, to serve as a means for attaching the stop to the door-j amb and as a pivot for the stop on which it may be reversed, so as to be thrown out of the path of the movable strip member (3. The stop when in its normal position is held against movement by having one edge of its slotted or recessed portion engage with a fixed stoppin 19, which may consist of a small brad, nail, or screw fastened to the door-jamb to engage with a seat in the upper edge of the stop. This stop-pin is to keep the pivoted stop in the right position to receive the strip member when closing the door and also act as a rest when the stop is reversed. When closing the door, the stop turns slightly by the pressure ofthe strip member, thus reducing the friction between the stop and the strip and enabling the strip to project well over the threshold or carpet-strip. Vhen the stop is reversed or inverted, its straight edge rests upon the stop-pin, to be held out of the path of the strip. The utility of this reversible stop resides in the fact that it can be thrown out of position to allow the movable strip member to remain in a raised position during a storm of sleet or rain in the winter season to prevent the strip from freezing to the door-sill or to throw the device out of service during dry weather.

To apply my improved weather-strip, the spring 13 is adjusted on the'pintle according as the strip is to be used on a right or a left hand door, and the strip is then ready to be fastened to the face of the door by nails, screws, or other fastenings passed through the upper edge of the fixed member 5. The stop 15 and its pin 19 are applied to the doorjamb to have the segmental edge of the stop 15 in the path of the movable strip member 6. When the door opens, the spring lifts the member C and holds it free from the sill or carpet. As the door closes the edge of the strip member G rides against the stop to positively depress the member 6 against the tension of its spring into close engagement with the floor.

1t will thus be seen that I have provided an extremely simple construction of a weatherstrip in which the parts are arranged compactly to overcome the objection of extending well out from the face of the door into the room and in which the pivotal joints are housed and protected to reduce to a minimum the liability of the joints becoming rusty, thus avoiding inefficiency in the operation of roo IIO

the device and breaking of the pivotal connections between the two members of the strip.

One of the important features of my inven tion resides in the fact that the pressure or lifting spring is pivotally connected'with the two strip members at the middle thereof, whereby the spring serves as one of the hingep'ivots for the strip and is mounted or connected so as to be reversed, thus making the strip applicable to either right or left doors. The stop is simple and easily applied, .and it is capable of being reversed to be thrown either into operative or inoperative positions at will.

I am aware that changes in the form and proportion of parts and in the details of construction may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages of my invention, and I therefore reserve the right to make such modifications as fairly fall Vwithin the scope of the invention.

I-Iaving thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure byl Letters Patent, is A l. A two-part weatherstri p having its members hinged together and a reversible spring pivoted to said members, substantially as described.

2. A two-part weather-strip having its members hinged together, and a spring arranged diagonally across the movable member, one end of said spring pivotally attached at the hinged joint of said members and its other end confined dctachably at the free edge of said movable member, substantially as described.

3. In a Weatherstrip, the'combination with `two members, of a spring reversibly connected to the lapping edges of the members and serving as one of the pivots therefor, as and for the purposes described.

4t. In a weather-strip, the combination of a fixed member having a flanged edge, a movable member bent at one edge to overlap the flanged edge of the fixed member, pivots passing through the flanged lapped edges of the the folded edge of said movable member, as

and for the purposes described. r

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HARM HINRICHS FRANZEN.

Witnesses: 1

WEERT J. Buss, JOHN J. EMMINGA. 

